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2024 NFL Draft grades: Los Angeles Chargers begin Jim Harbaugh’s roster restock with very good class

Overall Los Angeles grade: B+ People might not like the Chargers taking an offensive tackle over a wide receiver with the fifth overall pick, but this is not a team that was…

John McCarthy April 28, 2024

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O.J. Simpson dead at 76 after battle with cancer, family announces

MIAMI — O.J. Simpson, whose immense fame on the football field was eclipsed by his infamy off it, died Wednesday according to his family. He was 76. Simpson had been…

John McCarthy April 12, 2024

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Odds for Michigan QB J.J. McCarthy going 2nd overall have a curious shift: NFL Draft

DETROIT — Jayden Daniels had comfortably settled in as the favorite to go second overall in the NFL Draft. Then, suddenly, the odds had a very interesting turn. The BetMGM odds for…

John McCarthy March 26, 2024

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Kirk Cousins chooses Atlanta, Saquon Barkley goes to Philly on a busy first day of NFL free agency

ATLANTA (AP) — Kirk Cousins is heading to the Falcons. Saquon Barkley is joining the Eagles. Brian Burns is going to the Giants. The first day of the NFL’s legal…

John McCarthy March 12, 2024

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Chiefs’ Isiah Pacheco proudly displays Puerto Rican flag after Super Bowl win

LAS VEGAS — Puerto Rican pride became part of the elation after the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl win. Kansas City Chiefs' running back Isiah Pacheco draped himself in a…

John McCarthy February 13, 2024

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NFL legacies on the line in 49ers-Chiefs Super Bowl rematch for coaches and quarterbacks

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Kyle Shanahan can finally get past the Super Bowl hurdle and shed the label of a big-game coaching dud. Brock Purdy can go from being Mr. Irrelevant to Super Bowl…

John McCarthy February 11, 2024

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Ready for this year’s Super Bowl commercials? Here are the ads filling game breaks on Sunday

NEW YORK (AP) — Super Bowl Sunday is here — and, as always, there’s a vast roster of advertisers ready to vie for fans’ attention during game breaks. Airing a Super Bowl commercial is…

John McCarthy February 11, 2024

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Las Vegas hopes to hit the jackpot with the Super Bowl

LAS VEGAS (CNN) — When Super Bowl Sunday rolls around each year — whether it’s in Miami, New Orleans, Los Angeles or Minneapolis — Las Vegas still draws the crowds. Football…

John McCarthy February 11, 2024

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Carl Weathers, linebacker-turned-actor who starred in ‘Rocky’ movies and ‘The Mandalorian,’ dies

NEW YORK (AP) — Carl Weathers, a former NFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the “Rocky” movies, facing off against Arnold Schwarzenegger…

John McCarthy February 3, 2024

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New York Jets Pregame Show Sponsored By The USVI

NEW YORK — The New York Jets' in-house television production company program "Pregame Central" featured that it was sponsored by the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism for Sunday Night…

John McCarthy November 13, 2023